and flattered at home; if valued and efficient Lecturers in our Universities are removed to make way for Professors of opposite political sentiments, we may conclude, without the trouble of a single enquiry, and without the least risk of error, that the responsible parties are, one and all, Whig-Radicals.

In further illustration of these remarks, we may notice the late Rectorial Election in our University, and in order to confine ourselves within due limits, we shall select three characteristics, each of which strongly distinguishes the party in general, and distinguished, in an equal degree, the late proceedings of the Liberal Students.

1. An inordinate love of change.—When it was first rumoured that an attempt would be made to extrude Sir JAMES GRAHAM from the Office, whose dignity he had enhanced, at the close of the first year, many treated it as "an idle tale." They could not believe that any individuals, however bitter their hatred of the Right Hon. Baronet, and however far their minds might be enslaved by the spirit of party prejudice, would so far forget the courtesies of society, and abandon the principles of honour, as to entertain such an idea even for a single moment. They had yet to learn to what an extent the debasing spirit of democracy has spread itself through the country, and how far a love of change can lead men to throw aside every principle of integrity, in their eagerness to bury in one common ruin, all the ancient Institutions of our country. Conscious, however, that so unusual a course of procedure could not fail to create surprise in the mind of every right-thinking person, the opponents of Sir James Graham attempted to discover a precedent which might offer some justification of their conduct, and even fancied that their efforts were successful, when they found that, some sixty years ago, one Lord Rector had voluntarily retired from Office at the close of the first year; and that, some twenty years ago, another had been positively extruded at the same period upon the ground of charges brought against him in his Rectorial capacity. In the fullness of their joy at so unexpected a discovery, they overlooked the important fact that in both these cases there were peculiarities which rendered them no precedents at all. Sir James Graham had expressed no wish to retire from a situation which he felt to be honourable ere the full term of his office had ex

pired, nor could his factious opponents bring a single charge against him, but were rather compelled to offer a reluctant testimony to the zeal and efficiency with which he had discharged his duties—a zeal and efficiency which have never been surpassed. But these lovers of change are not dismayed by trifles, and the reasoning of our Collegiate Radicals is at any rate as good as that, which men of the same party have employed in the Senate to justify many of those organic changes which their restless spirits have devised. One man retires voluntarily from office, and hence there is a precedent for forcibly extruding another who wishes to remain. One man is extruded because he is supposed to have neglected his duty, and hence there is a precedent for ejecting another who has faithfully and diligently discharged it. Worthy disciples of Aristotle and Bacon, but still worthier followers of Durham and Hume!! But even this show of an appeal to precedent was not intended for their own satisfaction, but rather to blind the eyes of others less revolutionary than themselves. Such, indeed, is their hatred of every thing ancient, that the total absence of all precedent is one of the strongest arguments by which they may be incited to any particular course of action; and, while they appeal to precedent, they secretly laugh in their sleeve at the simplicity of those who really believe them sincere. A love of change is the ruling principle of their actions, and were their skulls submitted to the maniputations of Combe, we doubt not but that there would be found an entire want of the organ of “ Veneration," with a fearfully ample developement of that of "Destructiveness."

2. Hypocrisy-Ashamed to appear in their real character as political partisans, or knowing that if they did so, their cause would be effectually damaged, they attempted to hide their deformities by assuming the garb of Science. Ashamed to acknowledge their connection with a Melbourne or a Normanby, a Durham or a Campbell, they took refuge under the name of Herschel. Amongst those who knew the real character of the party who thus professed themselves the Advocates of Science, expectation was alive to mark how they would sustain their parts, and no small amusement was anticipated in the failures which would be the necessary result. Nor was expectation disappointed. The actors appeared upon the stage: they attempted

to give utterance to the panegyrics upon literature which, with no small amount of labour, they had prepared in their studies; but their tongues, accustomed to utter only the declamatory sounds of party-politics, refused to give form to the lofty conceptions of their minds, and hence the worshippers of science were compelled to present their adorations, in the incongruous language of the most virulent Radicalism. And yet with a hypocritical effrontery, to which no parallel could be found except amongst their own party, they still declared that a regard to the interests of science was the only motive which actuated their conduct. Such hypocrisy, however, was of too gross a character to deceive even the simplest minds, and, in thus acting, they gave the most convincing proof that they had thoroughly imbibed the spirit of their system, and that they were worthy followers of the men who kiss but to betray; who profess attachment to the established institutions of the country, whilst they are endeavouring to subvert them, and who avow themselves the firm upholders of the Protestant faith, whilst they inflict upon it "heavy blows and great discouragement," and whilst they invest its bitterest enemies with the honours of the State.

3. An abuse of the Queen's name.-There is nothing more disgusting than to hear a tyrant talk of liberty, or a republican of loyalty. It reminds us of the stratagem frequently practised by certain advocates of the "appropriation" principle, who, when a pocket has been picked and the cry of "stop thief" has been raised, turn and join with Stentorian energy in the cry, in order to divert attention from themselves. Now we are not about to charge Republicanism upon all the members of the Whig-Radical faction, although it might be easily shewn that the tendency of their principles is decidedly democratic. It is sufficient for our purpose that not a few Republicans are to be found in the Whig-Radical camp, and that there honours are heaped upon them and their deeds applauded. And yet they have the audacity to charge disloyalty upon that great and honourable party in the State who have ever been distinguished by their attachment to the Throne, and whose greatest crime, in the eyes of their enemies, has been that they were too loyal. Conservatism and disloyalty are contradictory terms. But it is easy to discover the real motive which has induced the present

despicable government and their party to raise this cry. From the moment her present Majesty ascended the Throne, they determined to render her name available in every possible way, for the furtherance of their own interests. They endeavoured to identify attachment to the Ministry, with loyalty to the Throne. Not that they entertained sentiments of peculiar reverence either for the person or the Throne of the Sovereign, but because they knew that a love of the monarchy is deep rooted in the breast of every true-hearted Briton, and because they hoped to enlist this powerful feeling on the side of their declining cause. The hustings, the pulpit, and the press were made the conductors by which to convey the magic sound throughout the land. The most virulent Republicans became suddenly loyal, and even the foul-mouthed traducer of British female virtue, the advocate of a dismemberment of the empire, the subject of a foreign potentate, shouted to his " hereditary bondsmen" "The Queen,” “The Queen," in order to retain his degraded vassals in those situations where they could most effectually advance his own treacherous plans. Again they have revived the cry. Sentiments of disloyalty which were never uttered, are put into the mouths of Conservatives, and language of the simplest character is subjected to the grossest perversion. To prove themselves true and faithful Radicals, the opponents of Sir James Graham in our University, took up the cry. They attempted to be eloquent in their denunciations of "Tory disloyalty," and appealed in pathetic strains to the youth of Scotland to rally round the Throne of their virgin Queen, by supporting-" the first philosopher of his age!" But neither their science nor their loyalty could save them from an ignominious defeat. For, notwithstanding the unprepared condition of the Conservative party who did not anticipate a contest: notwithstanding the secret organization of the Radicals for a whole week previous to the public avowal of their intentions: notwithstanding the absence of most of the Members of the Divinity Hall: notwithstanding the apathy of many of Sir James Graham's supporters, who fancied his re-election so secure as to require no aid from them: notwithstanding the " enormous lying" and the bare-faced hypocrisy of the supporters of Sir John Herschel, Conservatism achieved a glorious triumph, and thus afforded another convincing proof (which, indeed, was

scarcely needed) that the educated portions of the community are decidedly opposed to the present weak and contemptible Ministry.

ON THE MEMORY OF SIR D. K. SANDFORD.

J. M'RAE.

ALTHOUGH, as poets sing, the race of man
Measure, like autumn leaves, their little span,*
And leave no traces of their names behind,
But sink like waves beneath the summer wind,
Yet some there are, the heavenly children dear,
Our hearts would cherish and our souls revere,
Who pass not upward with the flight of time,
Without the music of the solemn chime
Of sympathies all sweet-an endless fame,
That burns in myriad hearts a steady flame,
Inspired by virtues which compelled their love,
And genius, caught from sacred courts above.

How do I love to think of him who taught
Our youthful souls to glow with noble thought,
When, from his lips, in streams of classic grace,
In lofty tones fleet time may not efface,

The Muse's themes, the ancient wisdom came,
The treasures rich of Greek and Roman fame;
And not alone-his fragrant fancy flew
Where'er the heavenly flowers of genius grew;
His spirit paced the golden-footed hour
To fill the glory of his Grecian bower,
And string the instruments that sounded sweet
To the glad Muses many-twinkling feet;
The Rhetor, poet, scholar, all combined
To shed harmonious lustre on his mind.

Ye Grecian Muses, angels of your hills,

Add to your roll of sad and countless ills,

(For ye have seen your glorious landscapes soiled-
Genius and freedom's fair won honours spoiled,)

That one in halls as famous as your own,
Who gave your music with a sweeter tone,

* Οἵη περ φύλλων γενεὴ, τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν.